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- Spheroidal_weathering abstract "Spheroidal weathering is a form of chemical weathering that affects systematically jointed bedrock that results in the formation of concentric or spherical layers of highly decayed rock within weathered bedrock that is known as saprolite. When saprolite is exposed by physical erosion, these concentric layers peel (spall) off as concentric shells much like the layers of a peeled onion. Within saprolite, spheroidal weathering often creates rounded boulders, known as corestones or woolsack, of relatively unweathered rock. Spheroid weathering has also been called either onion skin weathering, concentric weathering, spherical weathering, and woolsack weathering.Spheroidal weathering is the result of chemical weathering of systematically jointed, massive rocks, including granite, dolerite, basalt and sedimentary rocks such as silicified sandstone. It occurs as the result of the chemical alteration of such rocks along intersecting joints. The chemical alteration of the rock results in the formation of abundant secondary minerals such as kaolinite, sericite, serpentine, montmorillonite, and chlorite and an corresponding increase in the volume of the altered rock. When the joints within bedrock form a 3-dimensional network, they subdivided it into separated blocks, often in the form of cubes or rectangles, that are bounded by these joints. Because water can penetrate the bedrock along these joints, the near-surface bedrock will be altered by weathering progressively inward along the faces of these blocks. The alteration by weathering of the bedrock will be greatest along the corners of each block, followed by the edges, and finally the faces of the cube. The differences in weathering rates between the corners, edges, and faces of a bedrock block will result in the formation of spheroidal layers of altered rock that surround an unaltered rounded boulder-size core of relatively unaltered rock known as a corestone or woolsack. Spheroidal weathering has often been incorrectly attributed solely to various types of physical weathering.Frequently, erosion has removed the layers of altered rock and other saprolite surrounding corestones that were produced by spheroidal weathering. This leaves many corestones as freestanding boulders on the ground's surface. Often the spheroidal weathering, which created these corestones and the enclosing saprolite occurred in the prehistoric past during periods of humid, even tropical climates. Frequently, the removal of the saprolite by erosion and exposure of corestones as freestanding residual boulders, tors, or other landforms occurs many thousands of years later and during vastly different climatic conditions.".
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- Spheroidal_weathering subject Category:Geological_processes.
- Spheroidal_weathering type GeologicalProcess113486838.
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- Spheroidal_weathering type NaturalProcess113518963.
- Spheroidal_weathering type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Spheroidal_weathering type Process100029677.
- Spheroidal_weathering comment "Spheroidal weathering is a form of chemical weathering that affects systematically jointed bedrock that results in the formation of concentric or spherical layers of highly decayed rock within weathered bedrock that is known as saprolite. When saprolite is exposed by physical erosion, these concentric layers peel (spall) off as concentric shells much like the layers of a peeled onion.".
- Spheroidal_weathering label "Berrocal".
- Spheroidal_weathering label "Spheroidal weathering".
- Spheroidal_weathering label "Wollsackverwitterung".
- Spheroidal_weathering sameAs Wollsackverwitterung.
- Spheroidal_weathering sameAs Berrocal.
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- Spheroidal_weathering wasDerivedFrom Spheroidal_weathering?oldid=599309970.
- Spheroidal_weathering depiction Concentric_spheroidal_weathering_in_granite.JPG.
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